[email protected]: Economists on the TAX CUTS and JOBS ACT: "The enactment of a comprehensive overhaul - complete with a lower corporate tax rate - will IGNITE our ECONOMY with levels of GROWTH not SEEN IN GENERATIONS"

Fox now reporting KT McFarland was the one who told Flynn to discuss the Obama admin's Russia sanctions with Kislyak. Back in February, no one seemed to understand why the WH was willing to risk so much to keep her on.

[email protected] has located a shallow grave in Cactus City along I-10; remains of an adult female and a dog were found; it's believed to be the body of missing woman Julia Jacobson, but autopsy will be performed to confirm

Deir ez-Zur Eastern countryside: Video shows the tragic situation of the displaced people of Deir al-Zour at the river crossings in the countryside of Albukaml escape the aerial bombardment and continuous artillery around the clock

@SenWarren: I don't think a single middle class family in this country should pay more taxes so that big corporations and billionaires can pay less. Big corporations should pay MORE so that we can cut taxes on working families and small businesses and invest in our future.

@SenWarren: This GOPTaxScam is about paying off the rich, corporate donors that helped get the @SenateGOP elected. It's about the way money has corrupted Washington: millions in campaign contributions for billions in tax giveaways.

@SenWarren: The GOPTaxScam isn't about fiscal responsibility. For years, the GOP have whined about exploding debt. If this trillion-dollar GOPTaxScam passes, the @SenateGOP will turn around next week and say – sorry! There's no money for Medicare, Medicaid, education, housing, you name it.

@SenWarren: The GOPTaxScam isn't about economic growth or jobs. Trickle down doesn't work. But don't take my word for it: top execs have admitted that they'll use tax giveaways to buy back stock and fund new mergers. Nothing for workers.

@SenWarren: The GOPTaxScam isn't about helping working people. It RAISES taxes for millions of middle class families. The @SenateGOP had their chance to vote to make middle class tax cuts permanent this afternoon. They voted NO.

[email protected]: The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be leaving soon - FAKE NEWS! He's not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects, (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!

Jared Kushner is the "very senior member of the presidential transition team" mentioned in the statement of offense as speaking to Flynn on Dec 22nd about the UN resolution regarding Israel, two people familiar with the matter tell @NBCNews

[email protected]: "Today's news was disappointing and disturbing. @GenFlynn has many decades of honorable service defending this nation and it is sad to see that he is now pleading guilty to criminal conduct."

Bernie Sanders: Mark my words: As soon as the Republican tax bill passes, Republicans are going to insist on cutting Medicare and Social Security to cut the deficit. We cannot let this disastrous bill pass.

Mark Warner: "My hope is that General Flynn will tell everything he knows and tell why he was having these contacts with Russians, who directed these contacts. I think it goes well beyond the fact that he just lied to the FBI."

"I'm anxious to hear General Flynn's full explanation of his contacts with the Russians. Clearly, he was willing to lie about those contacts and lied to the FBI." - Sen. @MarkWarner on Russia investigation

Readout of Secretary Mattis' call with Japan Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera regarding North Korea's missile launch: "The United States remains vigilant in providing Japan extended deterrence with the full range of U.S. capabilities."

@SenatorCollins: The Sen. bill will include my amendment to reverse ill-advised elimination of catch-up contributions to retirement accounts for church, charity, school, and public employees. Amend. will protect ability of employees, including firefighters and police officers, to save for retirement.

@NancyPelosi: Now more than ever, we need a fully independent commission to ProtectOurDemocracy from the types of meddling that took place in 2016. Republicans must stop shielding POTUS from those who wish to FollowTheFacts.

Bernie Sanders: Maybe I missed it, but I don't remember the need to provide tax breaks to wealthy hedge fund managers in the Virgin Islands being one of our nation's pressing crises. Yet that's exactly what Section 14504 of the GOP bill does.

@NancyPelosi: The guilty plea of President Trump's former National Security Advisor Flynn to lying to the FBI about his communications with Russian authorities marks a dark moment in our nation's history.

@RepAdamSchiff: The guilty plea by Michael Flynn for lying to federal agents about his contacts with the Russians is another shocking development. That he admits senior transition officials were knowing of these contacts, and therefore his subsequent lies, may be even more consequential

US Department of State: The situation in east Ghouta Syria is critical. Russia must push the Assad government to allow life-saving medicine, food, and evacuations. Don't play politics with starving families- prove a ceasefire exists, end the violence, and allow unfettered @UN access now.

Sen. Susan Collins‏: The Senate bill will include my amendment to reduce the threshold for deducting medical expenses, which helps people with high medical costs, particularly seniors and people with chronic conditions. 8.8 million Americans use this deduction, half with incomes of $50,000 or less.

Under plea agreement, Flynn commits to "cooperate fully, truthfully, completely and forthrightly" with the Special Counsel's office; to answer questions, provide sworn statements, even take polygraph tests. Any refusal by Flynn will constitute a breach of the plea agreement.

House Judiciary ranking member Jerry Nadler: "There is now more than enough evidence to form the basis of a congressional investigation into the President's obstruction of justice—and it is long past time that the House Committee on the Judiciary engage on this matter."

In written statment, @NancyPelosi calls Flynn guilty plea "a dark moment in our nation's history." Further, she says "the American people deserve to know what the President knows about Russian meddling in our election and why he refuses to take action against Russia."

"Flynn felt abandoned by Trump in recent weeks, and told friends about the decision to make the plea deal within the last 24 hours as he grew increasingly concerned about crippling legal costs he would face if he continued to contest the charges," reports @ABC.

@SenGillibrand: Flynn news is a BIG deal, but please also pay close attention to the Senate floor. Sen. McConnell just said he has the votes for the tax scam bill. Keep the pressure on—call your Senators and tell them to vote NO!

Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim for $84,000 brought by his former spokesman—the only known sitting member of Congress to have used a little-known congressional account to pay an accuser, sources told POLITICO.

Tim Kaine to reporters: "The frightening thing is, this guy was the national security advisor of the United States this was not a low level functionary, this was somebody at the highest levels of the campaign. And also the highest levels of the administration."

President of the European Council Donald Tusk says the EU will refuse the UK's demand for talks on a post-Brexit transition and future trade pact if Ireland is not satisfied with its offer on border arrangements with Northern Ireland

@RepMaxineWaters: Roy Moore is a liar, a pedophile, a sex predator, and apparently Trump's kind of Senator. He claims not to know any of the women that he violated when they were girls, but no credible person would believe that many women would come forward because they have nothing better to do.

In written statement, WH lawyer Ty Cobb says nothing about Mike Flynn's guilty plea "implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn." Also says it shows the work of Special Counsel Mueller "is moving with all decapture speed and clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion."

At this moment @POTUS is to be meeting Libya prime minister in Oval Office, then lunches in his private dining room with Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Mattis, followed by (off-the-record) remarks at the @WhiteHouse Christmas reception.

Graham and Cruz confirm there is no deficit trigger or any alternatives to address 1trillion deficit. Insist tax cuts will pay for themselves. Graham says if he's wrong about that, country will pay a price.

@keithellison: Mueller's investigation into collusion between Putin's Govt and Trump's team has yielded Guilty pleas from Papadopoulos, Flynn and indictments for Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. More to come.

I give credit to dead of Army, J&K Police, CRPF all other forces and also all those involved in these forces, who work day and night. It is a result of an effective intelligence network and good coordination: J&K Director General Police SP Vaid on 200 militants killed in J&K during 2017

Chuck Schumer: Disappointing but maybe not surprising that @realDonaldTrump said a government shutdown could be good for him politically. As President, the welfare of the American people should always come before politics. Always.

Seattle: The man allegedly pried at the driver-side front door but couldn't open it, so he used the grip of a handgun to smash it in. Evelyn Zaragoza tried to flee in the car, but Guzman-Naranjo fired one round into her left temple, according to court records

A suspect is in custody after police say a woman was shot on Milwaukee's north side. According to Milwaukee Police, a 30-year-old woman was walking in the area of 35th Street and W. Villard Avenue around 6:45 Thursday evening when she was shot in the leg by a suspect shooting from a vehicle

The Major Case Squad has been activated after a body was found under an Interstate 255 overpass in Cahokia, Illinois. Police tell FOX 2 that the man's body was found on Doris Avenue by a driver Friday morning. Investigators have not yet identified the body. They say the body has a gunshot wound and is an African American man in his 20's.

Three pedestrians were critically injured after an auto-pedestrian crash in Sandy Thursday evening. The crash happened around 7 p.m. at 80 East 9400 South near the South Towne Expo Center. Three adults, one man and two women, were struck by a 17-year-old driver as they attempted to cross 9400 South. The group was headed to the Festival of Trees event

Chicago: A man was seriously wounded in a shooting Friday morning in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. The 31-year-old was shot in the right leg at 7:29 a.m. in the 700 block of East 76th Street, according to Chicago Police.

US Department of State: Secretary Tillerson will travel to Brussels, Vienna and Paris, December 4-8 for bilateral and multilateral meetings. The Secretary will attend @NATO and @OSCE ministerials, meet with @FedericaMog and his counterparts from all 28 EU member states.

A shooting in a downtown Paterson pool hall left one person dead early Friday morning, in what became the city’s 22nd homicide of the year, according to officials. Law enforcement authorities have not yet released details of the incident, which happened inside what officials said is Paterson’s only licensed pool hall. The pool hall, Paterson Billiards, stands at the corner of Church and Market streets, around the block from City Hall and less than three blocks from police headquarters

@KellyannePolls: A President's first responsibility is to ensure our safety and security. Sanctuary cities - and those who look the other way in the face of illegal crossings and multiple felony convictions - endanger lives.

Bloomfield: Police say they are investigating a suspicious death after they found someone laying on the side of the road. Just after midnight, they were called to the area of 326 Cottage Grove Road. When officers arrived, they found an elderly man laying by the north curb-line of the residential part of the roadway. The man was unresponsive.

A 50-year-old Morrisville man was arrested on several charges following a reported incident of road rage Thursday. Police say Michael Watsula allegedly passed other motorists on Route 14 by the ball field in East Calais, pulled his vehicle back in and then slammed on his brakes, nearly causing a crash twice.

A blind man was robbed after accepting a ride from someone he knew, Omaha police said. The man was waiting for a bus near 35th and Dodge streets Friday morning when someone pulled up and offered to give him a ride, police said. The man told police he recognized one of the voices as a high school friend and got in.

Kansas City: One person is in critical condition after a pickup truck hit them near 39th and Broadway early Friday morning. Police are looking for a silver pickup that left the scene. They describe the victim as a woman in her 40s who was crossing in a crosswalk.

A former substitute teacher in Somersworth is accused of encouraging middle schoolers to smoke marijuana and providing a smoking device to one student. On Thursday, Somersworth police arrested Elisha Mahar, 20, of Rochester, on a warrant, charging four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, all class A misdemeanors.

A man is arrested after he stabbed a woman outside of a Mesa gas station early Friday morning, according to the Mesa Police Department. At around midnight, Mesa police responded to the stabbing call outside of a QuikTrip at Main Street and Val Vista Road. Officers found a female victim who was stabbed with a knife. Police say the woman provided a suspect description.

Authorities say a man walking along railroad tracks in southeast Nebraska was struck and killed by a locomotive. The man was struck around 1:40 p.m. Thursday near Waverly High School in Waverly. Lancaster County Sheriff's Office Capt. Tom Brookhouser says the train horn sounded several times, but the man didn't move away from the tracks to safety.

Detectives were called out to investigate a possible homicide early Friday morning. The scene is located on Scenic Highway at Kausman Street, which is just north of US 190, around 5:30 a.m. Witnesses said a man’s body was found.

A 17-year-old boy was killed when a semi rear-ended his horse and buggy on Highway 210 in central Minnesota Thursday morning. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the horse and buggy were traveling westbound on Highway 210 in Bartlett Township around 7:19 a.m. when a semi traveling in the same direction rear-ended them.

A man is charged with murder in an Eastern Iowa cold case. In March of this year, the investigation into the July 2000 disappearance of 22-year-old Elizabeth Syperda was reopened by the Mount Pleasant Police Department and the Iowa Department of Public Safety's Division of Criminal Investigation

Baltimore: 23-year-old Westminster man suffered life-threatning injuries in a beltway crash that hospitalized five people Thursday evening, Maryland State Police said. The crash involved five vehicles and took place around 6 p.m. along Interstate 695 near Charles Street in the Timonium area, police said. Police said the Westminster man was driving a 2016 Kia Forte “in a reckless manner by weaving between cars with disregard and excessively speeding.”

The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly house fire that killed two people and two dogs early Wednesday morning. It happened around 145am in the 6300 block of Browning Drive, off south Greeley highway and Terry Ranch Road. Fire districts 1, 2, 4 and crews from FE Warren all responded.

A person was critically injured in a shooting at a rooming house near the Atlanta University Center, police said. Officers responded to the incident just before 12:20 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of Beckwith Street, Atlanta police Officer Stephanie Brown said.

Chechen militant Akhmed Chatayev, suspected of organising the June 2016 attack on Istanbul's airport, was one of three men killed during a counter-terror operation in the capital Tbilisi last week, Georgian authorities said on Friday

A woman says she was assaulted during a run through her Southeast Portland neighborhood and wants to prevent it from happening to someone else. It happened around 7 p.m. Monday. That’s when the woman, who didn’t want to be identified, says a teenager ran up behind her and hit her so hard on her butt it left a welt.

One person was killed in a head-on collision between a cement truck and a car Friday morning in Hialeah. Northbound lanes of Okeechobee Road were closed at Red Road during the fatal crash investigation.

Crews worked to free a victim trapped in their car after it flipped over in New Gloucester Friday morning, Cumberland County dispatchers confirmed. Dispatchers said they first received reports of the crash on Cobbs Bridge Road and Rowe Station Road at 6:50 a.m.

An 11-year-old girl is expected to be okay after shooting herself accidentally, police say. Just before midnight on Nov. 30, an 11-year-old girl and her aunt called 911 to the 1700 block of Stanton Rd. SW after a gun in their car discharged. According to Captain Brian Schiffbauer, the wound was not life-threatening.

A Florida man faces a possible death sentence for killing two men who responded to his online ad offering his services as a male escort. The Sun Sentinel reports that a jury found 33-year-old Peter Avsenew guilty Thursday of first-degree murder. The same panel will reconvene in January to decide whether he should be executed or serve life in prison. The vote must be unanimous for him to receive the death penalty.

Birmingham police are investigating a shooting that caused a woman to crash her car into a house Friday morning. The shooting happened at about 4:30 a.m. at 44th Street Ensley. Police said the woman was leaving for work when a man attempted to rob her. The woman tried to drive away, but the man started firing a gun after her. One of the bullets hit her in the back. Police said that’s when the woman crashed her car into a house at the end of the street

Deputies are looking for two men in connection with a shooting that happened Thursday night on 4th Street in Greenville, deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies said at 6:45 p.m. two people were shot and taken to the hospital.

Deputies say a young child has died after a fire on the city’s southwest side, Friday morning. At about 6:27am, Friday, emergency crews were called to the 1600 block of Humphrey Avenue on the report of a fire. According to firefighters, a 3-year-old child died in the fire and a woman was hospitalized with smoke inhalation.

A Nashua man is facing child endangerment charges after authorities said his 1-year-old son swallowed illegal drugs while under the man's care. According to court documents, the boy's parents rushed their son to the emergency room at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center on Sept. 1.

Social Democrat SPD leader @MartinSchulz responds with allergic denial to reports that starting talks on continuation of 'grand coalition' government with Merkel's CDU was agreed at meeting with President yesterday

Afghan CEO Abdullah says Afghanistan is looking forward to working with member states on SCO's Development Strategy and important initiatives such as the China-led Silk Road Economic Belt and other similar integration platforms

Houston: police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man in southeast Houston on Wednesday night. Officers with the Houston Police Department responded to a shooting call on Nov. 29 around 9 p.m. at 5400 Malmedy Road

Pine Bluff: Authorities are investigating after a fatal shooting in Pine Bluff late Thursday night. Officers of the Pine Bluff Police Department reported hearing gunshots shortly after 10:00 p.m. Police said while they were looking in the area they were informed about a person lying in the street near the intersection of Vaugine and Hickory. Nearby they located John Stepps, 46, lying near his car

The entrance and exit ramps of I-64 East are closed at MacCorkle Ave. in South Charleston after a semi overturned. It happened a little before 4:30 Friday morning. Crews are working to get the driver out. There's no word on injuries.

A Blackfoot man accused of killing an 18-month-old boy has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jesus Adan Castillo struck Zachary Tendoy in the head and abdominal area causing injuries that led to the boy's death on March 25. Tendoy was the son's Castillo girlfriend

[email protected]: Republicans Senators are working hard to pass the biggest Tax Cuts in the history of our Country. The Bill is getting better and better. This is a once in a generation chance. Obstructionist Dems trying to block because they think it is too good and will not be given the credit!

Hendersonville: A police officer was involved in a shooting at a Walmart store. Dispatch says 9-1-1 received a call about a drug complaint at the Walmart Supercenter on Highlands Square Drive just after 10 p.m. Thursday. A Hendersonville police officer responded to the complaint and fired shots, according to dispatch.

[email protected]: The Kate Steinle killer came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent, and yet this info was not used in court. His exoneration is a complete travesty of justice. BUILD THE WALL!

Orlando: A 36-year-old woman was shot and killed late Thursday at a home in Orange County, deputies said. The fatal shooting was reported at 10:57 p.m. in the 4000 block of Seybold Avenue, near North Lane and North Pine Hills Road.

Des Moines: Police are looking for a drive-by shooter who injured a man outside Lincoln High School on Thursday. Police were called the Git-N-Go on Southwest 9th across the street from the school around 2:45pm when a man walked in suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm. Police believe he was shot one block away in the intersection of SW 9th Street and Loomis Avenue. Bullet casings and shattered glass were found in the intersection

Los Angeles: police captain is on paid leave as the department investigates whether he is involved with an alleged marijuana warehouse in Sun Valley. The warehouse came to the LAPD’s attention on Oct. 31 after someone called to report a burglary there.

Richmond: A man was shot early Friday morning on Richmond’s Southside. Police found a man with non-life threatening injuries just before 12:45 a.m. on Minefee St. Medics transported him to the hospital.

Billings: firemen carry a fan to the Masonic building at 2804 3rd Avenue North at 2:30 a.m. after a fire in an alley stairwell sent smoke into the building. The building now houses This House of Books and GandG Advertising

Concord: police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened Thursday afternoon near an elementary school. Officials with the Concord Police Department said it happened at Sarah's Pet Spa on Winecoff School Road between Shady Lane Avenue and Orphanage Road.

Greensboro: Police are investigating after two people died in a shooting in Greensboro late Thursday night, according to a press release. At 11:16 p.m., officers went to the 1200 block of Woodbriar Avenue in reference to two people found injured. Arriving officers discovered the two victims had suffered apparent gunshot wounds.

Milwaukee: police are investigating after a 34-year-old man was shot and killed near Green Bay Avenue and Capitol Drive Thursday night, November 30th. According to police, it happened around 6:00 p.m. Milwaukee police say the 34-year-old man was shot during an argument and died at the scene

Investigators say the crash happened at about 6:35 p.m. at mile marker 112 on I-16 westbound. Police officials say there was a single-vehicle rollover crash that happened in the area earlier and was delaying traffic. No one was hurt in that crash

Burlington Police are investigating a shooting that could be connected to road rage. Police said on Thursday, a woman in a car was shot while in the area of North Fisher Street and West Webb Avenue in Burlington.